St. Augustine Church (Additional Documentation) · Photo: WrongBrothers12 · CC BY-SA 4.0New Diggings has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
New Diggings has 14 jobs, and 233 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in New Diggings itself; outside it, Platteville draws the most (11%, 13 miles). Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers; Wisconsin has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where New Diggings stands out on work
New Diggings is a place people come home to
There are 14 jobs based in New Diggings, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday New Diggings has about 280 people in it, 44% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
New Diggings workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (16 to 28 minutes). Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
31% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 233 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily flow of workers through New Diggings
On a workday 232 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere.
About 280 people are in New Diggings on a workday afternoon, 44% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
A commute of about 32 minutes in New Diggings
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Diggings workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 188 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far it is to work from New Diggings
About 31% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Out of New Diggings to work: where people go
Where New Diggings clocks in
11% of workers
9% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
What New Diggings’ employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Diggings, 2014 → 2024: 24 → 14. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Diggings’s own residents hold wherever they work.
New Diggings and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | New Diggings workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Diggings | – | — | — | 32 min | $75,833 |
| Benton | under 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Shullsburg | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| White Oak Springs | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Seymour | under 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Elk Grove | under 3% | — | — | 16 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Benton, White Oak Springs and Elk Grove: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Shullsburg and Seymour: the same communities as the places of those names, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of New Diggings’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in New Diggings: questions
What is the median household income in New Diggings?
$75,833 (±$28,657) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Diggings?
9.9%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Diggings?
32 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Diggings work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Platteville (11%, 13 mi), Dubuque (9%, 20 mi), Madison (7%, 58 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around New Diggings without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from New Diggings, from the people who make the trip.
More of New Diggings
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.